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The Celtic boss is set to be a busy man on deadline day with the Hoops looking to snap up Dens Park defender Jack Hendry after making a £1m move last night.

The centre back is a long-time target after a failed £500,000 bid at the beginning of January. The improved offer could force the deal over the line however despite Dundee boss Neil McCann slapping a £1.5m price tag on the 22-year-old.

Motherwell are determined to hold out for more than £500,000 for Carson - with cash-strapped former club Hartlepool United set to bank a 40 percent sell-on clause.

Rodgers admitted there are plenty of options but he insisted he WILL have a keeper on board by the midnight deadline tonight.

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The Hoops boss - who was thrilled by his side’s 3-1 win against Hearts last night - said: “We want to bring in another goalkeeper but there’s been lots of names fired at us.

“We will have one in by end of play.

“I could sit here all day and go through the names but he (Bain) is one of many mentioned. We want a goalkeeper that fits our idea of how we play. That’s important.

“Whoever comes in has to be able to play with his feet and build the game, but, most importantly, make saves.

Brendan Rodgers was delighted with his young stars

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Rodgers was delighted with his Hoops as they cruised to victory against Hearts. Odsonne Edouard, Dedryck Boyata and Moussa Dembele fired Celts three up before half-time with Kyle Lafferty’s late strike just consolation after a dominant display from the champions.

New boy Charly Musonda was thrown on for the final half an hour while Dembele roared back to form with his goal and two assists.

Rodgers said: “It’s going to take Charly a wee bit of time just to find the rhthym of new teammates.

“But you see his qualities. He has that creative imagination to open the game up.

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“It was nice for him to feel the crowd and the support here and he will be a great addition for us.”

Rodgers admitted Dembele was more like his old self after a heart-to-heart with the striker.

He said: “We sat down during the week and had a chat over a few days. We pulled together some videos of his work and talked about his strengths.

“Through everything that’s gone on he’s maybe come away from those strengths so it was a case of breaking it down and highlighting the type of player he is.

“When he’s pressing and on the line then he’s very hard to cope with. That was much more like him tonight.

“Overall it was a very good performance both halves.

Dembele makes it 3-0 to Celtic (Image: SNS)

“We took our chances first half, didn’t in the second. But overall it was an outstanding team performance.

“We created chances and that’s the only disappointment from the evening - not to have scored more goals.”

Defender Boyata reckons Hoops fans are in for a treat with Musonda.

He said: “I’ve known him since he was 14-15, he’s a very talented player and it’s good for him to be here and play some games.

“He showed in the few minutes he played today that he’s quite skilful, very quick. His football knowledge is very high – I can say that because I know him personally and I know how he thinks, how clever he can be. He can score goals as well so he has a lot of abilities.

Celtic celebrate Dedryck Boyata's goal (Image: SNS Group)

“We have a manager who can help all the young players. You can see what he has done for Moussa, for Patrick, for Odsonne and for Olivier.

“They are much younger than me, but you can see how they improve through working with the manager every day.

“I think with Charly coming here, he is going to get as much game-time as possible and he will get better for it.”

Boyata was thrilled to get on the scoresheet.

He added: “Everybody’s delighted, we all played very well today. I don’t score many with my feet but it’s always good to score. It’s well-known when other teams come here, we have intensity with the fans behind us and it’s never easy for the opposing teams. But we started very well.”